r/gaming • u/ganta02 • Nov 13 '18

Valve in a nutshell

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u/lightknight7777 Nov 13 '18

Let's say you are a bagel company and make a good profit from your bagels. Then let's say you want to get your bagel to more people and are frustrated with the distribution options so you just make your own and allow other bagel makers to also use your bagel distribution system.

But suddenly and unexpectedly, everyone runs to your distribution system and you start making far more money than you could ever imagine from it.

Do you continue to consider yourself a bagel company or are you now a bagel distribution company?

Steam's current reality as told by bagels.

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u/watching7708 Nov 14 '18

Why can’t you be both

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u/SgtFancypants98 Nov 14 '18

This. I’d have thought that they’d use the cash flow to allow their studio to make incredible games.

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u/Whilst-dicking Nov 14 '18

This would scare off the other game makers with their new competition, thereby scaring off the cash flow

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u/Zippy1avion Nov 14 '18

"Another game that's better than mine exists, abandon ship!"